Journal bearing



Feb. 19, 1935. A N LUCA 1,991,562

JOURNAL BEARING Filed March 18, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 O Jmw, v| NVENTOR,

BY W ATTORN EY s Feb. 19, 1935. A. N. LUCAS JOURNAL BEARING Filed March 18, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 19, 1935 JOURNAL BEARINGZ Abraham N. Lucas, Wauwatosa, Wis., assignor to The Oxweld Railroad Service Company, a cor poration of Delaware Application March-18, 1930, Serial No. 436,858

9 Claims.

transmitted to the bearing metal through a bearing shoulderon the driving wheel. The bearing surfaces of both the end thrust and journal bearing members are worn out in'service and it is necessary to renew these surfaces at frequent intervals.

Heretoforanit has been customary to apply at least a portion-10f the thrustbearing metal to the end of the journal box by pouring molten bearing Inetalina dovetail groove formed in the-end face of thejjourn'al box. The root of the bearing metal ran into this groove which held the bearing metal on the face of theboxafterthe metalwas poured and .had solidified. The. thrust bearing metal was then machined toprovide asmooth bearing surface and bored to size to receive the end of the crown'b'rass which was pressed into the journal boxy. This method of applying the thrust bearing metal has several disadvantages. Among them are: the; metal is sometimes-crackedand loose on the face of the bearing-,due to:shrinkage"of the 'metal while cooling, and some of the metal is wasted in thetpouring and machining operations.

Another disadvantage is encountered in removing the metal from the dovetail groove when the face of the bearing metal has been worn down. In removing the metal; theedges of the groove in the-faceof the journal box are often injured 7 to such an extent that they have to be redressed u Another object of ing plate so that the plate can be secured tothe face of the box and be removed therefrom withcut injury to the face of the box or to the journal bearing member. v V

my invention is to provide a method and a means of applying the thrust bearworn surface of the thrust bearing members with Figure I, and 7:

designed particularly for the main driving axle vjournals and like places.

My invention relates to a journal bearing ing metal to the face of the journal box in such-a manner that littleor no machining is required after the metal is. applied.

Another object of my invention is to construct the end of the journal bearing so that the thrust 5 bearing plate can be removed from the journal box without completelyremoving and renewing the crown brass orjournal bearing member.

Another object of my invention is to replace the a 10 deposited weld metal without'removing thejournal bearing member if it is good for further service. V

These'and other objects of my invention will be more clearly understood from the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is an end view of my journal bearing. Figure'II is a. sectional view on line II-'-I I.of

Figure III is an end view of a modification of 29 my journal bearing, and J t Figure IV is a sectional viewof the modification on line IV---IV of FigurejIII 7 The bearings illustrated in thedrawings are of" locomotives, but they may be used on car Referring to Figs. I andII the weight of the locomotive is supported on the housing or journal box 1.- A crown brass or journal bearing member 2'fits into an arcuate socket 3 in the journal box 1 audit is'supported on :ajournal, not shown. The foot14 of the arch of the crown (brass 2 rests on a ledge 5 at the bottom of the socket 3. The outer end of the crown brass 2 is providedwitha shoulder 6 which rests onthe bottomvof anarcuate recess 7 formed in the end face ofthe journal box. The outer edge of the recess 7 is in the form of an undercut groove 8. The outer edge or periphery 9 of the shoulder 6 on the end of'the crown brass 2'is circular and is inwardly beveled. When the crown brass 2 is placed in the journal box 1, its

circular beveled edge 9 is spaced from the groove 8, of the recess .Tinthejourn'al box. A dovetailed groove 10 is thus formed between the outer edge!) of the shoulder 6 on the crown brass 2 and the outer. edge 8 ofthe recess '7; i

A thrustbearing plate llhaving beveled edges snugly fits in'the dovetail groove 10 between the crown brass 2 and the outer edge 8 of the recess 0 '7 in the journal box 1. The plate l1: issplit in half at the crown-i2 of the bearing so that the plate canbe conveniently inserted in thegroove 10. :Each half ofthe plate 11 is provided with a shoulder 13 which fits against the foot 4 of the arch of the crown-brass 2 while the top end of the halves meet at the crown 12 ofthe bearing.

The adjacent top edges of the halves are beveled to provide a groove therebetween which is filled with weld metal 14, preferably bronze. Weld metal 140. of a similar character is deposited at the lower end of each half of the thrust bearing plate ll'to maintainthe halves inthe dovetail groove .10. Additional weld metal 14b may also be deposited in recesses provided between the meeting edge of the plate '11 and the crown.

brass 2.

In Figs. I and II the crown brass 2 has a thicker wall at the crown 12 of the bearing thanthe wall on the sides of the bearing andthe width of the rcrown of the bearing at a pointbelow the circle center of the inner edge 9 of the groove and the adjacent edge of the plate 11 located on the same vertical. I

Due to the tapered construction of the plate and the upwardly converging edges of the groove just described, the removal of the plate from the groove is facilitated and it makes it possible to remove the plate from the groove while the crown brass 2 is partially inserted in the box; This latter feature becomes important when the thrust bearing plates are worn out and the crown brass is good and it is desirable to retain it for further service.- s r 'I{o replace the thrust bearing plates 11- under the above conditions, the crown brass '2 is pressed outwardly about one quarter of an inch to relieve the tensionon'the thrust plate 11. The ends of the old plate 11 are then cut loose from the box 1 and thehalves of the plate are cut loose from each other and-fromithe crown brass where they are weldedtogether. Each half of the plate may be removed by rotating it downwardly until the. narrow upperportion of the halves have traveled into the lower wider portion ofthe groove 10 where the beveled edges of the plate will clear the undercut portion of the groove 10 and allow the plate to be rem oved therefrom in halves.

The halves of the new thrust bearing plate 11 may then be" inserted inthe groovelO, by starting the narrow portion of the halves at the bottom of the groove 10 andthen rotating them upwardly until they meet. The plate is locked in place by pressing the beveled edge 9 of the journal bearing member down on the beveled edge of the plate 11. The lower ends of the platen are then welded to the recess in'the box 1 and the upper ends of the halves are weldedtogether as before. The end of the journal bearing member maybe built up with weld metal such asmanganese bronze to the surface of the inserted plate and then the deposited metal may bemachined off to obtain a smooth bearing surface. 'When it is necessary to replace both the thrust bearing plates and thecrown brass at the same time, the same-operations as the above "may be followed except that the crown brass may be pressed completely out before removing the plates andthe platesfmay be inserted in the groove 10 before the crown brass is inserted in the socket 3. 'I l'l 13h, fil.$6, the shoulder 6 on the new' crown brass and plate 11 will be of the same'thickness and-therefore it will not be necessary to build' up the new crown brass with weld met-11, also very little machining, if any, will be required after the bearing metal has been pressed and welded into place.

.In Figs. III and IV, I have shown a. modifica tion of my invention similar to that shown in Figs.

I and II and the parts of this modification which correspond to those in Figs. I and II willbe' designated by the same referencenumeral withthe ad vdition of 100, and they will not be described in detail. 7

In this modification, the circle centers of the circles'forming the journal bearing surface 10% of the crown brass 102, the arch of socket 103 in l5 the groove within which the two-part thrust the journal box 101, and the outer edge '108 of plate lll'fits are located at the same point. In

such a construction the walls of the crown brass. 7 102 andthe groove 110 formed between the end of the crown brass and journal box 101, are of uniform thickness and-width respectively.

For convenience in'e manufacture, the outer 7 4 shoulder 6 shownin Figs. I and Hon the end of I,

the crown brass may be eliininated-andthe axial line of this surface of the crown brass'n ay be straight as shown in Fig. IV. The edges 111a and 1111; of the thrust plate 111 are beveled. The outer'ed'ge'lllb of the plate fltsagainst the' edge 108 of the groove 110 and the inner beveled edge 111a fits against the slightly protruding" end of the crown brass 102. The halvesiof the platelll are welded together; by the deposited metal 114, and they are welded to the box" '101 "-I have shown in one modification =3. crown brass having thicker walls at the crown of the vas] bearing than on the sides in combination with-.9. tapered thrust bearingplate, and I have shown in another modification a crown brass having walls V of uniform thicknessin combination 'withua thrust bearingplate of uniform width. '1 doinot wish to be limited to the construction shown herein, as either form ofthrus't bearing plate may be used with either form of crown brass shown,

and other 'changes'may be made without depart ing from the scope of the invention as deflnedin the appended claims; Y

I'claim: v 1. A thrustbearing comprising a housing having a recessed end face; a divided removable" thrust bearing plate converging in width toward the abutting edges thereof secured within said 1 recess. 7 2. A journal thrust ing having an end face adapted toreceive the end thrust of the journal, said end face having a substantially circular recess converging in width.

bearing comprising a. hous- I toward the-top thereof formed therein, and a resaid recess. v I

- 3. A journal bearing comprising a journal box movable preformed end thrust plate secured in adapted to receive the end thrust of the journal, 7

a crown brass fitting within said box,-a preformed thrust bearing plate converging in width toward I V k the top'thereof'secured to the endof the journal 'boxbetween a projection thereon and the outer,

end of said crown brass. Y a

' 4. A journal bearing comprising a journal box having an end face adapted toi'eceive the end thrust of the journal, said end face of said box having a. rece's'sform'ed therein, a thrust bearing having an annular recess formed therein, a twopart thrust bearing plate fitting in said recess, a crown brass fitting within said box, an end bearing face on 'said crown brass having an outer shoulder overlapping the inner edge of said thrust bearing plate to maintain the plate within said recess.

6. A journal bearing comprising ajournal box having an end face adapted to receive the 'end thrust of the journal, said end face having an annular recess formed therein with an undercut outer edge, a crown brass fitting within said box, an end bearing face on said crown brass, said end face of said crown brass having an outer undercut shoulder opposite to and spaced from said undercut edge of said recess and forming in conjunction therewith an annular dovetail groove, and a thrust bearing plate fitting within said groove.

'7. A journal bearing comprising a journal box having an end face adapted to receive the end thrust of the journal, said end face having an annular recess formed therein with an undercut outer edge, a crown brass fittingwithin said box, an end bearing face on said crown brass, said end face of said crown brass having an outer undercut shoulder opposite to and spaced from said undercut edge of said recess and forming in conjunction therewith an annular dovetail groove,

and a two-part thrust bearing plate fitting within said groove.

8. A journal bearingcomprising a journal box having an end face adapted to receive the end thrust of the journal, said end face having an annular recess formed therein with an undercut outer edge, acrown brass fitting within said journal box, said crown brass having an annular able two-piece arcuate thrust bearing plate fitting within said groove. I

'9.- A journal bearing comprising a journal box having an end face adapted to receive the. end thrust of'the journal, said end face having an annular recess formed therein with an undercut outer edge, a crown brass fitting within said journal box, said crown brass having an annular outer shoulder overhanging said end face of said box and forming in conjunction with said recess in said box an arcuate dovetail groove converging towards the top of the arch, .a removable two-, 

